PUB00102

• Year: 1998
• Title: Denver Basin and South Platte River Basin Technical Study
• CWCB Section: Water Conservation & Drought Planning
• Author: Simpson/Lile
• Description: Results of study to investigate Denver Basin groundwater management and South Platte River Basin issues
• Publications - Doc Type: Brochure

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interviews.

Chaoter 11 - Overview of the Scope of Parti~ipation by the State of Colorado in
Processes Associated with the Implementatipnof the Endangered Species Act of
1973 with Respect to the Water Resources lof the South Platte River Basin and
Denver Basin (Technical Addendum No.3)

This chapter summarizes several options to fund actions by the State of Colorado
and Colorado water users to fulfill commitments identified in the recently signed
Cooperative Agreement for the Platte Riv~r Recovery Implementation Program. It
also describes some options for administr~tive structures for managing the funds.

The successful implementation of the PI,atte River Basin Endangered Species
Cooperative Agreement is crucial to the ability of Colorado water users to meet the
increasing demands for water resulting from population growth. In turn, successful
implementation is dependent upon sufficient funding to accomplish the objectives of
the Agreement.

Chaoter 12 - Assessment of Opportunitij!s for Local and Regional Water
Management to Enhance the Reliability and Yi~ld of Water Resources in South Platte
River Basin and Denver Basin Aquifers (Technical Addendum No.1, Chapter 7)

This chapter assesses opportunities for the application of local and regional water
use efficiency and reuse technologies and methods, in conjunction with additional
water sources, to enhance the reliability an~ yield of water rights associated with the
water resources of the South Platte River B~sin and Denver Basin aquifers.

Future water demands in the metro Denver region most likely will be met from a
combination of six possible water supply sources. These are listed below:
1. Water use efficiency measures
2. Reuse and eXChanges
3. Water imported from other basin~
4. Denver Basin ground water '
5. Expanded utilization of South Platte water supplies
6. Conversion of in-basin agricultur~1 water rights

The positive and negative impacts on comp~ting resources resulting from using these
six potential sources are shown in Table 12-2, page 12-6.

These sources have been combined to formulate two possible future scenarios
(shown in Table 12-1 on page 12-2) to meetla demand of 1,014,000 acre-feet. These
two scenarios underscore the import;mce ofjwater use efficiency measures and water
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reuse.